Barry Sanders holds two Diplomas, a PhD and a DSc from Imperial College London, fellowships with Optica, the American Physical Society, the UK Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Canada, and the 2022 City of Calgary International Achievement Award. His research includes quantum science and technology and guidance of emerging dual-use technology, and he is Scientific Director of the University of Calgary’s “Quantum City”, tasked with building a quantum innovation ecosystem, and a Senior Fellow with the Canadian Centre for International Governance and Innovation. Prior to returning to the University of Calgary in 2003, he was professor & Head of Physics at Macquarie University and has held distinguished international visiting positions in several countries. Sanders is an expert mentor for the Creative Destruction Labs in Toronto and Calgary, advisor for CERN’s Open Quantum Institute and for the Google-GESDA quantum computing XPrize, co-lead of the Canada-France CNRS International Research Network, a member of ISO/IEC quantum and nano standards bodies, evaluator and panelist for funding agencies in several countries, a member of two journal and one book series editorial boards, and has been chair for numerous conferences. He has trained around 100 graduate students and postdocs, some of whom are highly respected academic and industry scientists.